‘Should Not Expect’ Monkeypox to Stay Within LGBT Population, Senior WHO Officials Warns

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" in a photo illustration taken on May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

A senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) has forewarned that monkeypox virus infections are likely to spread beyond the LBGT community in a matter of time.

The warning by Dr. Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency officer at the WHO, comes after the United Nations health agency declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern—as it did with COVID-19.